tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post7077551613599277919..comments2023-07-19T01:13:09.713-07:00Comments on Grammar Gang: Reference correctly or it's the Star ChamberThe Purdue and UniSA Connectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01873311749547093059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-68372259630306435212011-07-13T21:22:20.229-07:002011-07-13T21:22:20.229-07:00While I agree wholeheartedly with what Andrea has ...While I agree wholeheartedly with what Andrea has said about fair play, I'm starting to think that we're all getting a bit carried away ('anal' even) about referencing! For example, there are people who believe that you can plagiarise yourself and I think that's crazy. It's an oxymoron!Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330636557747314693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-33746902663208461712011-07-12T23:33:32.933-07:002011-07-12T23:33:32.933-07:00It has struck me for some time that much of the ma...It has struck me for some time that much of the material we give students about referencing omits one of the main reasons for providing references – to enable the reader to go back to the originals and check the arguments for themselves. <br /><br />We currently present referencing as a compliance task, in much the same way as we treat human research ethics and occupational health, safety and welfare. <br /><br />It has always seemed to me that compliance is a very de-energising approach to engaging people in a task. It constantly runs the risk of disconnecting them from the heart of the matter under consideration. <br /><br />For example, in human research ethics processes, I wonder how many people understand the gruesome history of experimentation which led to the adoption of ethics processes.Davidnoreply@blogger.com